K-State bringing nationally known architects to campus Oct. 25 for annual Bowman Design Forum

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Thursday, October 12, 2006

K-STATE BRINGING NATIONALLY KNOWN ARCHITECTS TO CAMPUS OCT. 25 FOR ANNUAL BOWMAN DESIGN FORUM

MANHATTAN -- Kansas State University's College of Architecture, Planning and Design is bringing two nationally known architects to campus for the eighth annual Bowman Design Forum.

The forum will be Wednesday, Oct. 25, in the Pierce Commons at Seaton Hall. The forum is a competition open to K-State architecture students in their third year of study. Brent Bowman, a 1972 K-State architecture graduate and principal of Bowman Bowman Novick, with offices in Manhattan and Kansas City, Mo., sponsors the forum.

The forum will begin at 1 p.m. Leading the forum's jury will be Anne Fougeron, Fougeron Architecture, San Francisco, and Thomas Hacker, Thomas Hacker Architects Inc., Portland, Ore. Fougeron and Hacker also will present lectures at 4 p.m. in the ballroom at the K-State Alumni Center. All events are free and open to the public. Design professionals can submit attendance at the lectures for continuing education credit by contacting Diane Potts at 785-532-1090 or potts@k-state.edu.

Fougeron Architecture is a nationally recognized design firm whose work exhibits a strong commitment to clarity of thought, design integrity and quality of architectural detail. The firm’s decidedly modernist attitude is the result of founder Fougeron’s vision to create a practice dedicated to finding the perfect alignment between architectural idea and built form. The firm has won a number of awards and commendation, including a 2005 American Institute of Architects' California Council Honor Award for the Big Sur House. Its current projects include health care, commercial and residential work that encompasses new single-family homes, as well as 100 units of affordable housing in San Francisco’s Hayes Valley.

Fougeron has provided architectural services in the Bay area since receiving a master's degree in architecture from the University of California at Berkeley 25 years ago. She also received a bachelor's degree from Wellesley College. She has taught architectural design to both undergraduate and graduate students at the University of California at Berkeley and at the California College of Arts.

Hacker's work has dealt largely with public institutions: libraries, schools, museums, theaters and places of public assembly. To them, he has brought both artistic skill and a sensitivity to the nature of public use. His work is noted for its rigorously organized plans, expressive use of structure and abundant natural light.

His projects have been exhibited at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design, and numerous American Institute of Architects' exhibits and offices. His work has won many awards at the local, regional and national levels, and has been published in Architecture, Architectural Record, World Architecture, American Libraries, Metropolis, Arcade, Umran, eco-structure, Competitions, Wood Design and Construction, American Steel Constructions, and other publications.

Hacker was recently elevated to Fellow status in the American Institute of Architects. His firm's current and recent projects include Menlo School Performance Hall and Creative Arts Facilities in Atherton, Calif.; Alameda Free Library in Alameda, Calif.; Eugene City Hall Complex Master Plan in Eugene, Ore.; College of Education at the University of Oregon in Eugene; and the Undergraduate Classroom Building at Washington State University in Vancouver.

Hacker received bachelor's and master's degrees in architecture from the University of Pennsylvania. A recipient of the Paul Cret and Alfred Brooks Gold medals, he worked in the office of Louis Kahn from 1964-1970, has been on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Oregon. He also has been a visiting professor at the University of Texas, Arizona State University and the University of Idaho.